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Apple Mac Pro MA356LL/A Desktop (Two 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive) | List Price: $2,299.00
Discount Price: $2,389.00
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Brand: Apple
Binding: Personal Computers
Features: - Two dual-core 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors, 1.33 GHz per processor bus
- 1 GB RAM expandable up to 16 GB, 250 GB hard drive, 16x Double-Layer SuperDrive
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256 MB of GDDR2 SDRAM graphics
- Two FireWire 800 ports, two FireWire 400 ports, five USB 2.0 ports, and two USB 1.1 (on keyboard)
- Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, iLife '08, Comic Life, Omni Outliner, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork 08 (30-day trial), FileMaker Pro 3.5 trial
Fast, Easy to Upgrade and the BEST MAC yet! [Posted on 2007-12-22]
I own an MacBook Pro and IMac, and have been an Apple convert for 2 years now. When I switched from Windows I never looked back. When I need a computer that could handle more than my IMac I looked at the Mac Pro on Amazon. I saved about $300 by ordering here and upgraded the computer myself with more Ram and HD (it holds 4!). I love this machine! It is super fast, quiet, upgradeable to 16gb of ram! Do yourself a favor and get this machine if the regular Mac is not enough for you. I use it for video editing and photos as well as my business and it is awesome!
A must of professional digital photographers [Posted on 2008-02-09]
The Mac Pro has been an essential work horse computer for me as a digital photographer. I've been getting great speed and efficiency from this computer with only a small amount of upgrades. It has increased my workflow and production by at least 40+ percent. I've had it for over a year now and everything smoothly. It's pretty quiet, seriously easy to upgrade in terms of memory, hard drives, graphic cards, and has plenty of ports for various USB and FireWire devices. The beauty of being able to add up to four additional hard drives is just awesome. This computer will definitely spoil you. Apple has really outdone itself with the MacPro.
Switching from PC to Mac was my best move EVER in computing [Posted on 2008-03-19]
No more CTRL>ALT>DELETE! Far less worry over rampant viruses. Power, power, power! Plus, no complaining that all applications don't work on a MAC. With the inexpensive Parallels software, you can run both Windows and Mac applications AT THE SAME TIME.
Do I need to say I love my MAC?
Mac Pro 266 GHz [Posted on 2008-03-27]
I love it, very fast easy to up-grade hard drives and ram and is fairly priced!
Mac Pro MA356LL - Still Astounding! [Posted on 2008-06-17]
After using this Mac Pro for a few months now having come over from the PC world, here's my initial impressions:
First and foremost, it's a BARGAIN! There's no way I could build a PC to these specs for the price I paid for this last-years model Quad-core Xeon. Please don't think about comparing it to a Core2Quad system.... it isn't one. This is a professional-class heavy duty Workstation, and if you don't know the difference, you probably won't buy one.
To keep the price low, Apple gives us only 1GB memory, a smaller Hard Drive and a relatively weak Video Card. These are easily upgraded when convenient. I've got 8GB iRAM, 4 HDDs and a hand-me-down ATI HD2600 from a 2008 8-core in mine.
Leopard has been easy to learn and very stable for me. It's not as pretty as Vista, but is far more useful and secure. Fortunately, my video editing software has a Mac version that runs well on Leopard.
Boot Camp works well for me with one exception: Windows only seems to work with the front-panel Audio Port, completely ignoring any speakers plugged into the rear port.. Windows itself runs flawlessly and very fast.
Physically, the Mac Pro is a work of ART! The case is well-finished, the internal cabling is extremely tidy and well-thought out, the Hard Drive Caddies are flawless, everything runs cool and extremely quiet. The system is virtually SILENT in any normal room.
On the technical side, the Mac Pro uses the newer EFI system instead of the antiquated (mid 80's) BIOS that most PCs use. The end result is more stability, faster boot up, shut down and sleep operations.
If you are looking for a powerful, well made, silent and well thought-out system that should last a long time, buy one of these or one of the new 8-core Mac Pros. If you absolutely must have Windows, this system runs it extremely well, though I use it less and less as I learn Leopard.
I just finished my first 2-hour video project on this machine. The Mac Pro is ALL ABOUT RENDER SPEED! I cannot believe how fast this thing rendered 2 hours of source DV to DVD (under Leopard). It's roughly 4 times faster than my previous dual core PC workstation running XP. It makes no sense to me.... I must have done something wrong. Or maybe right?
Have Fun,
Keri
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